Directing Resume

Anna in the Tropics Hershey Area Playhouse Hershey, PA

A Behanding in Spokane Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, PA

The Game’s Afoot Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, PA
Frankenstein Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, PA (and) Hershey Area Playhouse Hershey, PA

The Curious Savage Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg Mechanicsburg, PA

A Walk in the Woods Plays and Players Theatre Philadelphia, PA

The Lion in Winter Plays and Players Theatre Philadelphia, PA

Thespis or the Gods Grown Old (Musical) Pary Production Company Chicago, Illinois

Expectations of the Strange One Pary Production Company Chicago, Illinois

Alice in Wonderland Poppycock Children’s Theater Chicago, Illinois

Peter Pan (Musical) Poppycock Children’s Theatre Chicago, Illinois

American Beauty Rose Playwrights’ Center Chicago Chicago, Illinois

When North Is East ... Barry Street Loft Theatre Chicago, Illinois

As Director of New Play Development at Chicago’s Playwright Center, I directed 26 staged readings per year for three years.

"'The Curious Savage" is a warmhearted tale about Ethel Savage, a slightly eccentric and extremely wealthy widow who is committed to a sanitarium by her greedy stepchildren. The current production at Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg is absolutely charming and director Marjorie Bicknell has assemble a fine cast for this enchanting play.

David Olmsted, Patriot-News

 Long before the moment when two people are handcuffed to a radiator, with mummified hands littering the floor around them and an uncaring desk clerk reading a Playboy on a hotel room bed, it’s clear that 'A Behanding in Spokane' is not going to be a light comedy.... It takes a good cast to pull this off, because none of the characters is particularly likable and the plot is thin. Little Theatre’s production, directed by Marjorie Bicknell, manages to assemble a strong quartet of actors for the job. 

David Dunkle, Patriot-News

"'Anna in the Tropics' is poignant and memorable for its honesty and rarity.... Director Marjorie Bicknell has taken a tough work about life in an American-based Cuban cigar factory that is threatened by a world of men, money, women and modernization and given us an imaginative, uncompromising look into a world that still exists.

Lewis E. Silverman, Patriot-News